(3) No customer shall have a legal or other right of recourse against a service provider for complying with any directives, regulations, rules, order or other requirements from the Attorney General regarding access of the Liberian Government to a service provider’s telecommunications network or telecommunications services for information related to national security or detection or prevention of illegal activities. 70. Public Emergencies (1) In case of a public disaster or state of emergency, service providers shall comply with any directions relating to telecommunications services issued by the government ministry responsible for disaster co-ordination to alleviate problems faced by the public or the Government related to such disaster or emergency. (2) Service providers may apply to the Government of Liberia through the appropriate Ministry responsible for disaster co-ordination for compensation or other assistance with the demonstrated costs of complying with Section 70 (1), but not for loss of revenues during any period of service suspension. The Government of Liberia shall consider any such application in accordance with the LTA regulations, rules and order; this Act and other applicable laws of Liberia in approving compensation regarding the recovery of such costs by service providers. 71. Traffic Monitoring and Interception (1) Service providers shall, in addition to any other traffic monitoring or customer information related obligations under this Act, establish and maintain traffic monitoring and interception capabilities in accordance with standard technical specifications or guidelines issued from time to time by the LTA. (2) Service providers shall also retain traffic information in accordance with LTA specifications and guidelines, and shall provide traffic information in accordance with an order from a Circuit Court Judge. In the case of the content of customer communications, a service provider shall give such information only upon a court order based upon probable cause presented to a Circuit Court Judge for the reason that the customer is engaged in criminal activities; and provided however, the court order shall not be for a period of more than ninety (90) days at a time. (3) In the event that it becomes necessary to continue to provide information on the content of a customer’s communications in excess of the first ninety (90) days, a second court order may be obtained upon presentation to a Circuit Court Judge that there is some actual evidence of the engagement of the customer in activities adverse to national security interest or engaged in any other criminal activities. (4) No third court order on the content of a customer’s communication in respect to the same activity or activities for which two (2) court orders have already been issued shall be issued without a formal charge against the customer for commission of a criminal offence in respect of said previous activity or activities.

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